In this Blog we catch up with our latest Trainee Divemaster in Nusa Lembongan, David. David has opted to take his training on Nusa Lembongan Island just off Bali and in Amed on mainland Bali. This is a great way to experience life on a tropical island as well as the rich culture of Bali!…
The Banded Cleaner Shrimp Stenopus hispidus otherwise known as the banded coral shrimp or the banded cleaner shrimp, is abundant here in South Lombok and can be found in warmer waters around the world. Named for it’s red and white stripes, this favourite with photographers can live up to 200+ metres deep but is often…
The Orangutan Crab As with many areas of the Indo-Pacific region, we see many of these fuzzy little orangutan crab fellas around Gili Air, as documented in the above picture and below photo taken by Ellie during her Underwater Photography Adventure Dive at our Gili Air dive site, “Turtle Heaven”! The orangutan crab (achaeus japonicus)…
Hey there, it’s me, Conny again 🙂 My 3rd week started and I’m finishing up my Divemaster training in Lembeh. I really like Two Fish Lembeh Resort and I already fell in love with the tiny aquatic organisms from the Lembeh Strait – it’s a crazy little world underwater here! The pages of my logbook…
The Rhinopias Scorpionfish Even for Lembeh, finding rhinopias is a special occasion! Rhinopias don’t move around very much which means we can often visit our funny looking friends. Pictured is the Paddleflap Rhinopia (Rhinopias eschmeyeri) which must be one of the best common names in the animal kingdom. It is also known as Eschmeyer’s rhinopia/scorpionfish…
My Divemaster Internship in Nusa Lembongan… Hi everyone! My name is Sara. I am from California and currently an undergraduate student at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. So far I am finishing up the first half of my Divemaster Internship in Nusa Lembongan and I have been absolutely loving it! I feel so lucky…
Hi there, I’m Conny – doing my PADI Rescue course and starting my Divemaster internship at Two Fish Lembeh. Lembeh is really nice and quiet with awesome dive sites, amazing food and staff – especially my instructor Dan! I’m trying to enjoy this place but there is a lot to do and learn. Fortunately, it is…
Echinoderm has to be one of the more wonderful gifts from the ancient Greek language, it means hedgehog skin! Within this phylum we find starfish, sea urchins as well as our creature of the week… the sea cucumber. There are over 1,700 species of sea cucumber and they are to be found on the seafloor…